According to Inc.com, the recent rescue of the twelve trapped young soccer players and their coach may have been helped by the boys practicing meditation while waiting for rescue. As a matter of fact, they were deep in meditation when they were originally found.
Their coach, 25-year old Ekapol Chanthawong, was raised as an orphan in a monastery, so his early training to be a monk may have been what actually kept the boys alive.
When last checked before rescue, the oxygen level in the cave was at 15-percent. Normal is 22%. Their level was toxic and without the meditation their own respirations could have killed them, but by practicing meditation and slowing their respirations, they were able to survive until all were rescued.
We can overcome much through meditation and prayer. We are thankful that all of the soccer team and their coach are now safely out of harm and can hopefully begin to recover physically and mentally from their ordeal.
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